Okay, they're not gonna do it. (Patreon)

After a week of complete pandemonium and patrons jumping ship like .. something that leaves quickly in large panicking groups .. Patreon realized the new fee scheme was probably a Bad Idea.  I've received an official email informing me that the plan is off.

This after I just put all of the "real" prices in my tier descriptions and created a new reward that was going to cost exactly $22.99 with the new fees!  Now that tier doesn't make any sense at all.

Patreon says they will be taking their time and listening to input while they decide what to do next, because the problems this fee scheme was supposed to solve still exist.

I know far too much about one of those problems:  BOTS.  My first few months were plagued with fake pledges every day, messing up my earnings amount with dollars I would never get, and throwing my goal celebrations all a-kilter.  The problem has been solved for me because they finally switched me to pay-up-front.

Ah, but pay-up-front leads to another problem:  If someone pledges in the middle of a month (let's say on the 15th for the sake of convenience) they are immediately charged the full amount but they only get a half-month's access, and are charged again fifteen days later (after which their billing will be aggregated on the 1st of every month.)

How bothered are you by the fact that your first pledge is full price but lasts for only part of a month?  Should new pledges perhaps be prorated so you pay a fraction depending on how much of the month remains before the next normal billing cycle?